Cool Book!

Cannon, Mary Agnes. The Education of Women during the Renaissance. Washington, D.C.: [National Capital], 1916. Print.

This book is Mary Cannon's dissertation. Through my research of her dissertation, I have found that this work is actually a lot more helpful than some of the other essays I have read. Because it is meant as a piece of academic writing in order for Cannon to get her PhD, it is more specific to the topic it is named after, and has information that is more direct and supportive of women's education during this time. Cannon says in her preface, "In this dissertation is presented the result of an inquiry into the nature and extent of the pedagogical endeavor in behalf of womankind during the period of the Revival of Learning, that is, from about 1350 to 1600" (5). Cannon separates her chapters by geographical location, making her section about the British Renaissance from pages 97-124. By listing the specific date, Cannon makes it easy to find the passages necessary for discovering what education was like during Elizabeth's reign. The time period discussed in the dissertation stops before James comes to power, but it is still a good resource for the first half of the paper.